[00:17.358]Who thanked the Lord for the clothes
[00:19.944]That she wore and mended
[00:23.837]Nellie with the big old fashioned eyes
[00:34.103]Who won the heart of a crowd tore apart, took a bow
[00:40.764]Nellie there's a different world backstage
[00:52.571]I see the flood lights burning
[01:00.591]I hear the band play on
[01:09.838]Now Nellie takes her bow
[01:17.858]She said she really could not stay
[01:26.478]She had a brand new play to play
[01:35.255]And so she paints her face and smiles
[01:43.745]And she'll be someone else in a while
[01:53.019]I see the flood lights burning
[02:00.699]I hear the band play on
[02:09.606]Now Nellie takes her bow
[02:19.611]
[04:23.719]Just a lonely girl
[04:25.391]Who could not face a broken world
[04:28.917]And so she acts out all her dreams
[04:32.653]And wishes that's how it had been
[04:36.415]But when the audience is near
[04:40.490]It seems as though she doesn't even care
[04:49.946]Nellie just sent me a line
[04:54.544]To tell me she was doing fine
[04:56.842]She got the lead and on Broadway
[05:00.186]And now they're digging her today
[05:03.530]And as she turns the final page
[05:07.004]Living someone's life upon the stage
[05:15.912]I see the flood lights burning
[05:22.651]I hear the band play on
[05:30.436]Now Nellie takes her bow